Brennar Matthew turns 4!

 My baby boy turned 4 on December 27th - I asked him all day long if he wanted to stay 3 for just one more day- no luck:(

I let him open one present in the morning - he got one of the Gups from Octonauts - he thought it was pretty cool, especially since I let him bring it in the car on our way to the aquarium.

 I thought since he had requested a shark birthday, the aquarium was the perfect place to go:)  The Stubbs were actually planning to go over break too, so we met them there.

 Brilee mined for gems, Brennar choose not to participate since it would involve getting his hands wet and dirty:)

 So he picked out a toy snake to keep him amused while she did that

 Trying to get a good view of the tigers on the bridge

 Brennar and a shark!!!

 This really surprised me - he wanted to feed the sting rays which involves sticking a dead fish in between your fingers and putting your arm in the water.  He did the first part, but would barely put his fingers all the way down, so he just dropped the fish for them

 Brilee tried it out too - she just dumped the entire carton of fish into the water - guess we will have to work on that:)

 He got inked too - a blue and green dragon to be specific

 That night we just had the grandparents over - he was just a tad spoiled by everyone!

 But thank goodness - his favorite present was from mommy and daddy!!!!

Brennar designed his cake himself - I showed him a few pictures on pinterest- mine doesn't quite look the same - but B loved it, he even helped put the sharks on the top.

I cannot believe that my handsome little man is already 4!! When they are 3 they still seem little, but 4 seems so big!! I could not ask for a more sweet, polite, sometimes a little whiny guy to be my first born.  He amazes me everyday with the things he knows, asks, pretends to be, pretty much everything he does.  He is one smart little dude and we couldn't be more proud of him.

A couple things about Brennar right now: When he finds something he is into - he is IN TO it all the way, whether it is sharks, planes, trains, ninja turtles, he doesn't half do anything. He still pretty much will only eat about 5 things, drives me crazy, but he is growing!  Speaking of, he weighs in at a wooping 33 lbs and is almost 44 " - he is still long and lean.  He has such great manners, he always says please and thank you, seriously, ALWAYS! He includes his baby sister in everything he does, sometimes she gets in the way, but give it a minute and they are back to being best buds.  I can't wait to see him with his new baby brother, he will be amazing!!! We all love you so much, Brennar!!!